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New Chancellor confirmed



Cabinet reshuffle: Kwasi Kwarteng named chancellor as Truss picks top team (msn.com)

 

Chancellor who likes a challenge:
(Fair enough, so "Here's your starter for 10 (?!?)" then



Who is Kwasi Kwarteng? New UK chancellor likes a challenge - BBC News

 

Truss cabinet sees table turned



Liz Truss's cabinet is Britain's first without white man in top jobs (msn.com)

 

And witch sees "Goodbye from him and Goodbye to him"



Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps out of government as Liz Truss forms Cabinet | ITV News

 

New Deputy PM =
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In the newly reshuffled cabinet, Therese Coffey was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Health Secretary. The former work and pensions secretary who is regarded as the Prime Minister’s closest friend in Westminster, replaced Mr Raab as the second in command.
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Newly installed Health Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey© PA
Kwas

 

Summary
(BBC News)

1. Liz Truss is appointing her new cabinet hours after becoming prime minister
2. Kwasi Kwarteng has been named chancellor, James Cleverly is foreign secretary and Suella Braverman is home secretary
3. Therese Coffey is the new health secretary and deputy PM
4. For the first time, not a single white man will occupy one of the "great offices of state" - PM, home secretary, foreign secretary and chancellor
5. Prominent backers of Truss's leadership rival Rishi Sunak are out of a job, including Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps
6. Earlier Truss said that her government would "transform Britain into an aspiration nation" and that "together we can ride out the storm"
7. She is under pressure to tackle spiralling energy costs - and is expected to announce a package within days
8. The BBC understands the annual price cap on household energy bills could be capped at around £2,500 - costing the government billions

 

President Zelensky invites Liz Truss to Ukraine


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's spoken to Liz Truss this evening.
He tweets: "I became the first foreign leader to have a conversation with the newly elected British PM Liz Truss."
Zelensky says he's invited her to Ukraine and thanked British people "for the major defence and economic aid for Ukraine".
"It's important that Britain is ready to further strengthen it," he adds.

(Can't think of a better place to send her)

 

SKY view - Beth Rigby, political editor - 2h ago



".. if her speaking style is anything to go by, the new prime minister really is a break from the past.
Her address to the nation was workmanlike, with none of the rhetorical flourish of her predecessor.
She was concise, quick and clear as she set out her pitch to a sceptical country."

The conundrum facing Liz Truss could trigger 'existential threat' to Tory party | Beth Rigby (msn.com)

(One could say "Talk is cheap" - but one won't ... yet)

 

If only "The real Liz" knew beforehand

Prime Minister Liz Truss calls monarchy 'disgraceful' in unearthed clip during time as Leeds student (msn.com)



Old clip shows Liz Truss calling for the monarchy to be abolished | indy100

 

A Worldwide watch



The global fascination with British politics has not abated despite Boris Johnson’s slow departure, with Brexit-minded Europeans, culture warrior US publications and commentators even further afield weighing in on what the next Prime Minister might mean for them, the UK and the world.

Liz Truss featured prominently on newspaper front pages in Spain, France, Germany and the Low Countries

How the world sees Liz Truss’s election victory, from Thatcher comparisons to speculation about her downfall (msn.com)

 

Local advert seen =

 

New PM Truss - where she stands on some of the UK's biggest decisions
Liverpool Echo - Chloe Louise - 1h ago
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Brexit
Ms Truss has a dedicated history of U-turns with Brexit being no exception.
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Her voting history also shows she voted in favour of a referendum on EU membership in 2016.
- - She then campaigned to remain and claimed "farmers are better off remaining in a reformed EU".
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The 47-year-old then famously u-turned on the decision in late 2017.
- She claimed "it was more positive, so the facts have changed and I've changed my mind".
- - Further down the line she voted against EU integration and against the right to remain EU nationals living in the UK.

 

Climate change
According to They Work For You, Ms Truss has voted against policies tackling climate change.
- - She has promised to further extract fossil fuel resources in the North sea stating it is "crucial to building energy security".

During her leadership campaign she also promised to explore fracking and scrap green levies on energy bills.
- - This green levy goes towards paying for clean power but it currently adds £153 to the average annual energy bill. She has also spoken negatively about solar panels.

Ms Truss promised to "double down" on the UK's goal of achieving net zero on greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

 

COVID and the NHS
Ms Truss has a history of making controversial comments on the NHS and more recently
- Vowed to never impose another lockdown if she became the new PM and leader of the Conservative party.
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She claimed to question the coronavirus measures brought in from March, 2020 and how in hindsight the government "did too much"
- - in shutting down England. She claims closing schools was "draconian".
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Her voting record also shows she generally voted in favour of GPs buying services on behalf of their patients
- - - and against restricting the provisions to private patients by the NHS.
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The ex-trade secretary also voted against smoking bans and was not present for the vote on allowing terminally ill people to have assistance to end their life.

 

Ukraine
The ex-foreign minister doesn't seem to shy away from upsetting international allies but has backed Boris' strong support for Ukraine.
- - She supported the hardline approach toward Russia's invasion of Ukraine and fully backed Boris' decision to send heavy weaponry.
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Following Boris' speech outside No. 10 this morning he campaigned his continuing support and potentially hinted at the continuation of this under a Truss government.
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- The mother-of-two is a friend of the Zelensky government. Ukraine's President urged her this morning to work with them to help "thwart" Russia during his daily address. Vladimir Zelensky said: "We in Ukraine know her well. She has always been on the bright side of European politics.

 

Military intervention



She consistently voted for UK military intervention overseas.

• This includes action against Islamic State (Isis).

 

Johnson exits in sunshine - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truss enters in rain
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(Ominous?)

Liz Truss’s worst nightmare is the lingering shadow of her predecessor (msn.com)

 

Oh, - I guess it just did:
Climate deny-er / Environmentalist ?



New environment minister Ranil Jayawardena ‘consistently’ voted against climate measures (msn.com)

 

A not so Priti mess Braverman is left with:



Suella Braverman: New home secretary given long list of demands after Priti Patel (msn.com)

 

Rabb's Bill binned



Liz Truss halts Dominic Raab’s bill of rights plan (msn.com)